‘March to Save Bolivia’: Ex-President Morales challenges former ally and incumbent President Arce in political showdown. Morales announced a weeklong “March to Save Bolivia” on Monday after Arce accused him on national TV of trying to overthrow his government in a coup attempt. Although Arce was Morales’s former economy minister and his candidate in Bolivia’s 2020 elections, the erstwhile allies …
Bolivia's government on Thursday announced that a total of 17 people have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the attempted coup that shook the economically troubled country the day before. “We are in a democracy, not a dictatorship.” Before his arrest late Wednesday, Zúñiga alleged without providing evidence that Arce had ordered the general to carry out the coup …
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday on charges linked to her assumption of office in 2019 amid violent protests that led to the resignation and exile of her predecessor, Evo Morales. The ouster of Bolivia’s first Indigenous president and his vice president created a power vacuum that allowed …
